I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Nice try,
But talent's a rare game and you're not
Qualified to play.
So pick up all the names you've been dropping
So you don't trip again, don't trip again.
if only they[?] could see you as i do
if you keep trippin' on
that moment might come soon
but then again
with your face stuck in the mud
you just might see the person you've become
lets see you get out of this one
The person you've become
Wake the hell up you thief,
you've been on your knees with real musicians.
Begging for a chance
and it's not too late to find another talent to fake.
You're down on all counts and you can't keep up.
We're faster, stronger, we'll last a little longer than this.
Maybe you should buy your songs from somewhere else.
[x2]
Wake the hell up you thief,
you've been on your knees with real musicians.
Begging for a chance
and it's not too late to find another talent to fake.
I'll let karma take its toll on you.
Don't let it kill you
Meanwhile I'll be trying my best to be original.
To not pilfer the works of the people
Who made me who I am, made me who I am.
[x3]
But talent's a rare game and you're not
Qualified to play.
So pick up all the names you've been dropping
So you don't trip again, don't trip again.
if only they[?] could see you as i do
if you keep trippin' on
that moment might come soon
but then again
with your face stuck in the mud
you just might see the person you've become
lets see you get out of this one
The person you've become
Wake the hell up you thief,
you've been on your knees with real musicians.
Begging for a chance
and it's not too late to find another talent to fake.
You're down on all counts and you can't keep up.
We're faster, stronger, we'll last a little longer than this.
Maybe you should buy your songs from somewhere else.
[x2]
Wake the hell up you thief,
you've been on your knees with real musicians.
Begging for a chance
and it's not too late to find another talent to fake.
I'll let karma take its toll on you.
Don't let it kill you
Meanwhile I'll be trying my best to be original.
To not pilfer the works of the people
Who made me who I am, made me who I am.
[x3]
Lyrics submitted by aristuma21
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isnt this what they say on the ??? marks?:
if only they[?] could see you as i do if you keep trippin' on that moment might come soon but then again with your face stuck in the mud you just might see the person you've become lets see you get out of this one
good song. fuck the people gettin money for rehashing everything that been done.